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And why would the hotel ever waste their time and legal resources enforcing a non-compete on a minimum wage desk clerk when they can just hire another one tomor
by ams6110 8y ago
And why would the hotel ever waste their time and legal resources enforcing a non-compete on a minimum wage desk clerk when they can just hire another one tomorrow?
Non-competes in that situation are empty threats to keep workers who don't know any better from quitting.
- eropple 8y agoI agree that they're empty threats in the general case. They should be banned to protect workers from the off chance that somebody decides to follow through. Explicit, not implicit.
- superfrank 8y agoOh, I totally agree it's an empty threat, but many workers don't know that. It's kind of fucked up though that putting something obviously unenforceable in a hiring contract isn't being punished. Either the worker ignores it, knowing there's nothing the company can do, or they take it seriously and are afraid to quit to go to a competitor. It's pretty much no lose for the company though.